Sydney, University of New South Wales Press first Australian edition - hard cover in d.j. Cook, through his own skills and application, rose up through the ranks of the Navy to become a remarkable seaman whom men of influence took notice. Highly readable and displaying much new, unpublished reasearch, this is an important new book for Cook scholars and all those interested in the great age of exploration. 225 x 165mm., pp. 216, b/w plates, maps, append., notes, biblio., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j., no tears or chips. As new. FINE/FINE ISBN: 9781742231099 Date: 2009. Sydney, University of New South Wales Press ISBN 1742231098 9781742231099 [AU]